Piano is the original flow state. Improvising in particular is a meditative process present in building software or editing audio and video. It is all related to this original passion for organizing sound.

Beyond the Fence (Piano Edit), June 04, 2015

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This is a piano remix of a track by the Fences, a recording project conceptualized by mental health crisis workers Chris Trimmer and Richard Tyo, who each hold a deep interest in the relation of music to mental health. In this project, they worked with members of their community to write songs…

Etherington Piano, June 22, 2008

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The Agnes Etherington Art Gallery at Queen's University has a Steinway you can play on weekends. One hot afternoon on the summer solstice I paid them a visit. There were two other people in the climate-controlled gallery, and they took to listening near the end of the performance. The piano was…

Results of Hermitting, Piano and Voice, March 13, 2006

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Recorded at a cottage on Buck Lake in early spring. An upright piano was played between bouts of skating and wandering in the woods. Two microphones were connected to the left and right channels of my grandfather's tape deck. This recording marks my first experiments in singing since the Toronto…

Live at the Common Ground, Solo Piano, March 13, 2001

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This was recorded at the Common Ground Café at Queen's University a month before graduating from their Applied Science program. A grand piano was moved to the second floor for the occasion. For those familiar with the common ground as it is now, it may be important to note this was recorded in 200…

The Whispering Gallery, Solo Piano, October 13, 1998

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The Whispering Gallery is a solo piano album I released after moving away from home to study engineering at Queen's University. The painting on the cover is Bespoken by my mother, Emma Hesse, the jacket design by my father, Don Fernley. I am forever changed and changing.